Hot Teaser: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Animated Series

It ain’t your grandpa’s Jedi rebellion, but here’s the new trailer Disney and Lucasfilm put out today – on May the 4th, AKA Star Wars Day – for the upcoming CGI animated Star Wars Rebels series set to premiere this Fall. Story takes place between the events of Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope with Dave Filoni, Simon Kinberg, and Greg Weisman exec producing and Freddie Prinze, Jr., Taylor Gray, Steve Blum, Tiya Sircar, and Vanessa Marshall leading the voice cast:

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bittertrekkie • on May 4, 2014 9:45 am

I’m more jazzed for this than Abrams’ movies…Filoni & crew have really captured the true spirit of Star Wars by aiming at kids but not forgetting the adults in their audience, resulting in something that has a childlike sense of simplicity and fun, but also intelligence and depth. How many kids’ shows use the word “anchorite” correctly in a sentence?

Putting on my hopeless-nerd hat now…I’m hoping for guest appearances from Ahsoka Tano, Lux Bonteri (whose politics seemed to place him as a natural future leader of the rebellion) and young Boba Fett (pre-Mandelorian armor).

And of course that Darth Vader guy as a Very Special VIP Guest Star a few years down the line…

Scott • on May 4, 2014 9:45 am

That looks as bad as the previous incarnations. Is this for the Disney Jr. channel? Sure looks it.

lsb • on May 4, 2014 9:45 am

You must not have watched the trailer it clearly states its for Disney XD channel this fall, not Disney Jr channel.

It's A Fact • on May 4, 2014 9:45 am

Cheap looking for sure.. and not even canon.

The Disney overlords commanded last week that only the current 6 movies and The Clone Wars animated series are canon.

All the EU novels, comics, video games are not consigned to the scrapheap.

Someonewhoknows • on May 4, 2014 9:45 am

Oh it’s definitely canon

[a] proxy • on May 4, 2014 9:45 am

Looks like a cheap knockoff of Clone wars. FAIL!!!

troublemaking trekkie • on May 4, 2014 9:45 am

Arguing over canon, who really cares? It won’t contradict the movies that came before or after it, that’s canon enough. Quality-wise, it looks on par with Clone Wars.

Downside, it will have to invent all new characters and won’t have the horrible prequel movies to make it look good like Clone Wars did. Upside, it isn’t hemmed in by not being able to end its own story. Any or all of these new characters can die at any time. That alone will raise the stakes.